HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The McAllen Police Department is asking the public for help locating a man accused of burglarizing vehicles. Police say on Aug. 24, two victims reported that someone stole personal property from their vehicles in a parking area on the 200 block of Expressway 83. Police identified 43-year-old Jesus Manuel Trevino, with [...]

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Better Business Bureau in the Rio Grande Valley is warning about a letter targeting veterans. People will send a fraudulent check, then later, a fraudulent letter claiming the veteran was overpaid in VA benefits and owes money to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The victims are instructed to deposit [...]

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Five men were arrested on solicitation of prostitution charges, the McAllen Police Department announced Wednesday. Officers with the McAllen PD conducted a law enforcement initiative that resulted in the arrest of three men on Aug. 26, one man on Aug. 28, and another man on Sept. 2, police said. McAllen PD [...]

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Starting Wednesday night, the southbound main lanes of I-69E and US 77 in San Benito will be closed between the FM 732 exit ramp and the San Benito rest stop, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. From 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., traffic counters will be installed to help TxDOT [...]

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- An investigation is underway after the body of a 59-year-old man was recovered in a canal on Tuesday evening in San Juan. Police believe that the man fell into the canal by accident. Officials say that at approximately 5:56 p.m., San Juan police and firefighters responded after a witness reported a [...]

McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration seized more than $700,000 and 180 pounds of cocaine on Sunday, when federal agents raided a stash house in Mission. At 8:50 p.m. on Sunday, the DEA and the Texas Department of Public Safety raided a stash house in Mission. Two people lived in the three-bedroom [...]

EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Hidalgo County commissioners are considering pay increases for the county judge and commissioners as they work to finalize the county’s next budget. Under the proposal, the county judge’s salary would increase by about 15% to nearly $200,000 a year. County commissioners would see a nearly 17% increase, bringing their salaries to about [...]

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A woman was arrested and charged after allegedly delivering marijuana to an inmate at a Cameron County correctional facility. Alejandra Maria Guevara, 23, was arrested in Brownsville on Tuesday and charged with bringing a prohibited substance into a correctional facility, a third-degree felony. Cameron County inmate Victor Manuel Castillo, 27, was [...]

McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A judge sent a gangster and his girlfriend to prison Tuesday for illegally buying a gun. Saul Armando Aguilar, 26, of Elsa and his girlfriend, Jeanette Davila, 42, of Edcouch, sold drugs. Aguilar and Davila had felony convictions, which prevented them from buying weapons. In 2023, the couple paid another person [...]

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An offense report obtained by ValleyCentral alleges a McAllen man killed his aunt and pushed his grandma after an argument about him hallucinating. The incident happened Aug. 22 at a home on the 1500 block of Redwood Avenue. The McAllen Police Department previously said that officers responded after receiving a 911 [...]

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A pedestrian is hospitalized after being struck by a vehicle while crossing Medford Avenue in Brownsville early Monday morning, according to a Texas Department of Public Safety spokesperson. At approximately 6:20 a.m, DPS responded to the intersection of State Highway 4 and Medford Avenue to investigate an auto-pedestrian crash. DPS said [...]

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A driver was seriously injured after crashing into an RV in Donna Monday night, according to the Donna Police Department. On Aug. 31 at approximately 11:40 p.m., Donna police located the crash at RV Station on the 200 block of W. Expressway 83. Police say a red 2014 Ford Fusion left [...]

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Brownsville Independent School District Police and Security Services Department is advising parents to stay vigilant when it comes to the "Cat in the Hat" social media trend. According to the public service announcement, BISD police are aware of the "Cat in the Hat" trend that is circulating on online platforms and [...]

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) - The Hidalgo County Courthouse will remain closed Tuesday as county officials continue to investigate an alcohol-related crash that caused extensive damage to the building. Officials say that at 11:35 p.m. Sunday, Edinburg police and firefighters responded to a single-vehicle crash at the courthouse located at 100 N. Closner Blvd. Edinburg resident [...]

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Multiple fire departments are responding to a brush fire in Willacy County. Officials estimate more than 1,000 acres have burned since the fire began. Edinburg firefighters were dispatched at 3:30 p.m., according to Edinburg Fire Chief Omar Garza, who said the fire had been burning for a while before then. The [...]

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — McAllen city staff and first responders attended a two-day training course on how to prepare for disaster recovery. The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service and the Federal Emergency Management Agency's MGT-482 Disaster Recovery Public Assistance program hosted the course, which trained staff on how to prepare for, document, manage and maximize [...]

EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Online threats targeting children are becoming increasingly sophisticated — but the FBI says some of the most dangerous networks aren't relying on sophisticated hacking tools. Instead, they're exploiting something much simpler: trust. The FBI says networks linked to the 764 movement have targeted children through everyday social media, messaging and gaming platfor

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Authorities arrested a former employee with the Cameron County District Attorney's Office on Friday, according to District Attorney Luis V. Saenz. Claudia Garcia is a former employee of the DA's Office, according to Saenz, and was arrested Friday morning on charges of manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance and prohibited [...]